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INITIAL TEST I. PHONETICS.

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others: 1. A. fee B. meet C. need D. pioneer. 2. A. order B. border C. tuitor D. dormitory. 3. A. campus B. cake C. capture D. hamburger. 4. A. publish B. cut C. bury D. but. 5. A. fly B. scenery C. slowly D. usually. II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE. Choose the correct word in A, B, C or D: 6. Do you enjoy ___ English ? A. learn B. learning C. to learn D. learnt 7. I improve my English by doing my _______ everyday. A. housework B. homework C. network D. hard work. 8. What ____ of learning English do you find the most interesting ? A. sides B. fields C. aspects D. angles 9. Our school has many well _____ teachers . A. qualified B. qualify C. quality D. qualification 10. I saw your schools _____ in todays edition of the Viet Nam News. A. advertiser B. advertisement C. advertising D. advertise 11. If you want to ______ your English, we can help you. A. improve B. improving C. improved D. improvement 12. If you study at the Brighton Language Center UK, you can live in a _____ on campus. A. dormitory B. hotel C. mobile room D. private room 13. Please phone this number for more _____. A. matter B. information C. problem D. detail 14. The restaurant has the _____ for serving some of the finest food. A. repute B. reputed C. reputation D. reputable 15. If we go to the Brisbane Institute of English _ Australia, we can practice speaking English with ______ speakers. A. nation B. national C. native D. natively. 16. She asked me _____ I came from. A. where B. what C. who D. Which

17. She asked me what my name ______. A. am B. is C. are D. was 18. He _____ me if I could help him. A. asks B. asking C. asked D. will ask 19. She asked me how I ______ use English in the future. A. will B. wont C. would D. wouldnt 20. He asked me ___ the writer of this book was. A. what B. who C. whom D. whose 21. I am looking forward to ____ you . A. see B. seeing C. to see D. seen 22. We usually use an English-Vietnamese dictionary _____ reading. A. to B. of C. for D. in 23. She asked him what ________. A. his name is ? B. his name is. C. his name was ? D. his name was. 24. Mr. Brown asked me if ___________. A. I could speak English. B. I can speak English. C. you could speak English. D. you can speak English. 25. We like _____ English on TV programs. A. speaking B. listening to C. writing D. doing III. Reading. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following passage: English is a very useful __(26)__. If we know English, we can go to any countries we like. We will not find it hard to make people understand __(27)__ we want to say. English also helps us to __(28)___ all kinds of things. Hundreds of books are _(29)_ in English every day in many __(30)__. English has also helped to spread ideas and knowledge to all corners of the __(31)__. Therefore, the English language has helped to spread better ___(32)__ and __(33)___ among countries of the world. 26. A. language B. languages C. linguist D. linguistics 27. A where B. when C. what D. which 28. A learnt B. learning C. to learn D. learn 29. A write B. wrote C. written D. writing 30. A. countrified B. countries C. country D. countryside 31. A school B. class C. word D world 32. A to understand B. understanding C. understand D. understood 33. A friend B. friendly C. friendliness D. friendship

IV. WRITING. Circle the correct sentence in A, B, C or D to make a good letter: Dear Madam, 34. A. I saw your Institutes advertisement on Todays TV program yesterday. B. I saw your Institute advertisement on Todays TV program yesterday. C. I saw your Institutes advertisement in Todays TV program yesterday. D. I saw your Institutes advertisement on Todays program TV yesterday. 35. A. I am interested in learning English. B. I am interesting in learning English. C. I am interest in learning English. D. I am interested in learn English. 36. A. I would like have some information in your Institute. B. I d like having some information on your Institute. C. I would like to have some information about your Institute. D. I would like have some information of your Institute. 37. A. I wanted to improve my listening and speaking. B. I want to improved my listening and speaking. C. I want to improving my listening and speaking. D. I want to improve my listening and speaking. 38. A. Could you please give me some information in the length and fees of the courses ? B. Could you please give me some information about the length and fees of the courses? C. Could you please give me some information of the length and fees about the courses? D. Could you please give some information for the length and fees in the courses? 39. A. I can complete an English spoken test if necessary. B. I can complete a speaking English test if necessary. C. I can complete a test spoken English if necessary. D. I can complete a spoken English test if necessary. 40. A. I am looking forward to hearing of you. B. I am looking forward to hear from you. C. I am looking forward to hearing from you. D. I am looking forward to hearing about you. Sincerely, An

Answer key. 1. D11. A 21. B 31. D 2. C 12. A 22. C 32. B 3. B 13. B 23. D 33. D 4. C 14. C 24. A 34. A 5. A 15. C 25. B 35. A 6. B 16. A 26. A 36. C 7. B 17. D 27. C 37. D 8. C 18. C 28. D 38. B 9. A 19. C 29. C 39. D 10. B 20. B 30. B 40. C

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